Chapter 330: Scapegoat

Through Tianyin’s description, Su Che finally understood that this so-called realm of cultivation was, in truth, nothing more than a massive prison built by the immortals of the Immortal Realm to imprison billions of Wu Clan members.
The Spirit Realm, which countless lower-level cultivators aspired to reach, was the true realm of cultivation recognized by the Immortal Realm.
It was said that in the Spirit Realm, the natural energy was extremely abundant, cultivation resources were plentiful, and powerful cultivators at the Divine Transformation stage and above abounded. Almost constantly, people would achieve immortality and ascend to the Immortal Realm, continuously supplying fresh blood to it…
As for this prison for the Wu Clan, it was actually just a desolate star domain abandoned by the Immortal Realm. Even reaching the Divine Transformation stage there was a luxury most could never afford…
Clearly, the Spirit Realm and the Immortal Realm could be considered one camp, while the Wu Clan and lower-level cultivators formed another. Both camps struggled for survival, and it could be said that neither was inherently right or wrong.
Su Che didn’t want to determine who was right or wrong; he just wanted to find a way out for himself.
After calming down a bit, Su Che felt there might still be another glimmer of hope. He said, “Senior Sister, although the Mi Xian Order flag is in my hands, only you and I know this secret. If you don’t tell anyone, I won’t either. Then the people from the Spirit Realm and the Immortal Realm won’t know it was me, right?”
These words were also a test of Tianyin’s stance. If she were an envoy sent by the Spirit Realm to supervise this matter, he would have to confront her head-on, even trying to capture her and send her to the Immortal Prison.
Tianyin naturally understood Su Che’s intent and replied, “If I were a supervisor sent by the Spirit Realm, I would have killed you long ago when you were still at the Foundation Establishment stage—never allowing you to grow to this point.”
“Yes,” Su Che nodded. “Intuitively, I also think you have no ill intentions toward me. That’s why I said—if you’re willing to keep this secret for me, how could those people from the Spirit Realm find me?”
“The problem is, you have obvious Wu Clan traits. I can already spot them, and when the envoys from the Spirit Realm come down, they will too.”
Tianyin replied, “The envoys from the Spirit Realm are decisive and ruthless. They won’t explain any evidence to you. They won’t spare anyone suspected.”
“Wu Clan traits?”
Su Che frowned. Of course, he remembered that in the Little Mi Xian Realm, he had been enhanced and transformed by a drop of Wu Clan essence, so it was possible he had such traits or an aura.

“Lao Hei, is there any way to conceal these traits and aura?” Su Che wondered in his heart.
“Not for now,” Lao Hei replied with a grim face. “This isn’t the spiritual energy fluctuation of cultivators that can be adjusted at will. The key issue is that I can’t even sense what your Witch Clan traits are—how am I supposed to conceal them?”
In fact, Su Che himself couldn’t tell which aspects of his own made him part of the Witch Clan. He was still a human cultivator; at most, his qi and bones had some mutations, but those came from the inheritance of an ancient demon god and had nothing to do with the Witch Clan.
So, he had no choice but to ask Tian Yin, “Senior sister, in which aspects do my Witch Clan traits manifest? Is there any way to conceal them?”
“That’s precisely why I set the five-year agreement with you,” Tian Yin said, standing atop the mountain and gazing at the sky. “If you’re willing, I can take you to a place. There, you might find a glimmer of hope.”
Before Su Che could respond, Lao Hei reminded him from the Immortal Prison, “We can’t go, master! What if she tricks you to a desolate and terrifying place and rapes you on the spot?”
“Shut up!” Su Che snapped in his mind. “I’m already in a mess right now—where do I have the mood to argue with you about this…”
“I was just giving an example…” Lao Hei said, looking aggrieved. “What I mean is, we can’t fully trust her until we understand her stance.”
Despite his scolding, Su Che took Lao Hei’s advice and turned to Tian Yin, “Please don’t blame me for being suspicious. I really need to know—what exactly is your stance?”
Tian Yin turned around, smiling mysteriously. “My rebirth indeed comes with a mission. But the task I was meant to carry out has already been done by you.”
Huh?
Su Che was stunned. After finally understanding, he realized she was actually from the Witch Clan. Her rebirth was to find the Mi Xian Ling Banner, unite the Greater and Lesser Mi Xian Realms, and thus trigger this earth-shattering transformation…
The task she was supposed to do had already been accomplished by him. That’s why she kept helping him out of trouble time and time again.
That made sense, but it seemed her stance had wavered a bit—she wasn’t as firm as before…

“My situation is rather complicated; it can’t be explained in just a few words.” Tianyin sighed softly. “The main issue is that I didn’t expect any problems to arise during the process of reincarnation. In this life, my thoughts and emotions have completely sided with humans. I’ve become compassionate and indecisive. Until yesterday, I was still hesitating whether to trigger this great calamity that would bring unpredictable changes to the cultivation world, the spirit world, and even the immortal realm.”
Su Che could roughly understand what she meant. No matter what race she had been in her previous life, she was a human woman in this life—one with a gentle temperament and a very kind nature.
A compassionate and indecisive woman.
By breaking the crystal barrier between the spirit world and the cultivation world, they would merge them into one. Soon after, perhaps countless witches would seize the primordial spirits of powerful cultivators and ascend to the immortal realm, bringing disaster there as well.
No one could predict how many people would suffer as a result. She struggled and hesitated because of this, causing her stance to waver.
Or rather, the innate kindness of being human in this life clashed with her memories and mission from her previous life, leaving her in a state of internal conflict.
“Fortunately, I don’t need to make these decisions,” Tianyin said with a smile again. “Because your arrival has already made everything a fact. Judging from the reactions just now with the Mi Xian Ling flag, the Mi Xian Realm has been fully assembled, and this great calamity is inevitable. By fate’s arrangement, you, unfortunately, have become my scapegoat. So I must say, Su Che, thank you.”
“Thank me?”
Su Che was at a loss for words. After a long while, he said, “There’s no need to thank me. My dear senior sister, please help me think of a way to save my life.”
“Yes, since you helped me, I’ll help you too.”
Tianyin nodded. “In this life, I don’t like killing, but I’m willing to save people… So, are you willing to trust me and accept my help?”
“I’d be grateful!” At this point, Su Che had no choice but to trust her.
“Let’s go. I’ll take you to a place.”
Tianyin stepped forward and took Su Che’s hand voluntarily, standing side by side like lovers.
Fly hand in hand?
Such an intimate gesture made Su Che’s heart beat a little faster, but in an instant, he realized he had misinterpreted her intentions.
She wasn’t holding his hand out of intimacy but to take him deep underground.
Swish swish swish…

Su Che felt that the underground teleportation technique she used was very different from the orthodox Daoist techniques she knew.
Puff! Puff! Puff…
Teleporting directly from the top of this desolate mountain to the depths underground, she could sense passing through several layers of restrictions. Su Che realized that if she used her own underground teleportation skill, it would surely trigger those restrictions, with unpredictable consequences.
Undoubtedly, there was something she had set up deep underground.
After descending over ten thousand zhang, she finally arrived in a cave deep underground.
The cave was extremely spacious, over ten zhang in height, with a large teleportation portal standing in the center.
The oval-shaped portal floated above a trapezoidal altar, which was covered in intricate symbols very similar to the witch tribe totems Su Che had seen in the Little Immortal Realm.
This was the first time Su Che had seen such a portal, and she instinctively felt it was nothing ordinary—its teleportation capabilities might be beyond imagination.
Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap…
Tian Yin waved her hand repeatedly, scattering numerous spirit stones that were precisely fitted into the grooves of the altar.
“All of these are top-grade spirit stones—over five hundred of them!”
Su Che was stunned and couldn’t help asking, “Where are we going? Why do we need so many top-grade spirit stones to activate it?”
Under normal circumstances, for the teleportation arrays inside planets, even for long distances, just dozens of lower-grade spirit stones were sufficient to activate them. The five hundred top-grade spirit stones here contained energy equivalent to millions of lower-grade ones—where could this possibly take someone?
Thinking of Tian Yin’s expression of “gazing at the heavens” earlier, Su Che suddenly realized they might be going on a long journey today.
“In terms of star distances, it’s not far—only about a few trillion li,” Tian Yin said with a smile.
“A few trillion li?”
Out of pride as a man, Su Che didn’t want to appear foolish in front of her, but he still couldn’t help asking, “Are you sure we can come back after going there?”
“If I weren’t sure, would you dare accompany me?” Tian Yin’s expression turned playful, as if using a provocation tactic.
But Su Che knew she was just joking. Because if she truly had ulterior motives, she could easily assure him, “We’ll definitely be able to come back—don’t worry.”
Perhaps because he was indeed nervous, Su Che blurted out, “If we can’t come back, you’ll have to stay with me for life as compensation.”
Tian Yin was clearly stunned, then showed an obvious look of embarrassment and annoyance.

Once the words were spoken, Su Che could not take them back. He had no choice but to press on, saying, “I’ve never been to such a distant place. Could you say something to give me some idea?”
Tian Yin’s chest rose and fell slightly. Fortunately, she was usually very patient, so she didn’t get angry with Su Che. She lowered her head and said softly, “A two-way teleportation portal—surely I can return.”
Su Che secretly smirked, regretting his careless words. Now, he had no choice but to follow her and obediently step onto the teleportation altar.
Huh…
More than 500 high-quality spirit stones began to glow simultaneously, and the teleportation portal on the altar also emitted a faint deep blue light.
“Let’s go.”
Tian Yin hesitated for a moment but still took his right hand. Side by side, they stepped into the teleportation portal…